Sacred Christmas images from the past
I’ve been travelling around Europe this year and seen some beautiful images in churches, abbeys,…
Sacred Christmas images from the past
I’ve been travelling around Europe this year and seen some beautiful images in churches, abbeys, and convents depicting the early family life of Jesus Christ. From the Canary Islands to Prague, here is a selection of medieval statues and paintings showing the nativity and other key events in the infancy of the Messiah. A visual…
Did Hitler only have one ball?
Once again, the question of Hitler’s alleged undescended testicle has come into the public glare. Channel 4, a TV network in the United Kingdom, is broadcasting a documentary, Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator, where a blood-drenched piece of fabric from the sofa Hitler was sitting on when he blew his brains out is analysed…
Which UFO sightings are real?
Over the last century, there have been a huge number of UFO sightings. Are any of them true? Or is it all a case of mass hysteria, misidentified phenomena, or just bare-faced lying? Let’s join those who claim to have experienced a one-on-one with extraterrestrials from another planet. FIND OUT MORE: UFO hotspots, sightings, and…
Why is interest in Witchcraft reviving?
There’s a big revival in witchcraft underway with the growth of social media communities like Witchtok and WitchesofInstagram, as well as festivals, markets, and specialist sections in bookstores. Surges of interest in witchcraft have happened over the last hundred years with the 1920s and 1970s being of particular interest. Let’s investigate why witches are back…
The last Chinese imperial Eunuch
“It was very painful. It was done without anaesthetic and proper medical instruments.” These were the words in 1982 of a Chinese eunuch remembering the day, 70 years before, when his own father took a razor to his son’s genitals. Sun Yaoting was the last surviving eunuch from the court of the imperial Qing dynasty,…
Downfall of the Templars – end of an order!
Why were the Knights Templar destroyed in the year 1307 – on that fateful date of Friday the 13th? Was it just because the King of France wanted to get his hands on their wealth or was there more to it? I’ve been investigating and my new book – Downfall of the Templars: Guilty of Diabolic…
Halloween predicts your love life
Ghosts, witches, and hobgoblins appear at Halloween and can predict the direction of your love life over the year to come. That’s according to ancient English folklore. So, for example, if you sleep with a mirror under your pillow on Halloween, you’ll dream of your future husband or wife. It’ll also happen if your pyjamas…
Assassins guarding Nazi Treasure
The Nazis looted huge amounts of gold, treasure, and artworks. Hollywood heroised the Monuments Men – museum curators and arts professors within the American armed forces – who recovered much of the stolen Nazi treasure. But not all of it. After the war, those who went looking for what was still missing were reportedly killed…
Unsolved arsenic murders in Croydon
Three members of the same family in a suburb of London, England, died of arsenic poisoning in 1929. The killer was never identified. It became one of the most notorious homicides – both in the United Kingdom and the United States. Scotland Yard, the London police service, was unable to identify the murderer in this…
What is the appeal of Witchcraft?
Not since the 1970s has there been so much interest in witchcraft. On social media, communities like #WitchTok are booming with young people engaging in the mysteries of folklore, paganism, Wicca, and sorcery. So, what exactly is the appeal of witchcraft? Last week, I went to a screening of the 1973 movie The Wicker Man…
